Volume 21, Number 2, October 2018
ISSN 1410 - 8046 CULTURAL HERITAGE AND INNOVATION
James B. Ang DO ‘LABOUR’ COUNCILS LOWER ECONOMIC FREEDOM?
Nicholas Apergis DIVORCE AND HOUSING PRICE IN 31 PROVINCES OF CHINA Mingbo, Zheng, Yin E Chen, Gen-Fu Feng, Jun Wen, Chun-Ping Chang HAS FINTECH INFLUENCED INDONESIA’S EXCHANGE RATE
AND INFLATION?
Seema Narayan and Sahminan Sahminan SUBPRIME MORTGAGES AND LENDING BUBBLES Ali Yavuz Polat UNDERSTANDING INDONESIA’S MACROECONOMIC DATA:
WHAT DO WE KNOW AND WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS?
Susan Sunila Sharma, Lutzardo Tobing, Prayudhi Azwar CAN ECONOMIC POLICY UNCERTAINTY PREDICT EXCHANGE RATE AND ITS VOLATILITY?
EVIDENCE FROM ASEAN COUNTRIES Solikin M. Juhro and Dinh Hoang Bach Phan
Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking - Volume 21, Number 2, October 2018
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Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking
Volume 21, Number 2, October 2018 CONTENT
Cultural Heritage and Innovation
James B. Ang __________________________________________________ 141 - 148 Do ‘Labour’ Councils Lower Economic Freedom?
Nicholas Apergis ______________________________________________ 149 - 160 Divorce and Housing Price in 31 Provinces of China
Mingbo, Zheng, Yin E Chen, Gen-Fu Feng, Jun Wen, Chun-Ping Chang 161 - 176 Has Fintech Influenced Indonesia’s Exchange Rate and Inflation?
Seema Narayan and Sahminan Sahminan _________________________ 177 - 190 Subprime Mortgages and Lending Bubbles
Ali Yavuz Polat ________________________________________________ 191 - 216 Understanding Indonesia’s Macroeconomic Data: What Do We Know
and What Are the Implications?
Susan Sunila Sharma, Lutzardo Tobing, Prayudhi Azwar ___________ 217 - 250 Can Economic Policy Uncertainty Predict Exchange Rate and
Its Volatility? Evidence from ASEAN Countries
Solikin M. Juhro and Dinh Hoang Bach Phan ______________________ 251 - 270
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